Oil-burner.



R. L. BAILEY.

OIL BURNER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1912. RENEWED SEPT. 18, 1913.

" 1,077,678, Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

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R. L. DAILEY. OIL BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1912. RENEWED SEPT. 18, 1913.

1,077,678. Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

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RUSSELL L. DAILEY, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

OIL-BURNER.

Application filed J'u1y 29, 1912, Serial No. 712,167.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUSSELL L. DAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Burners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to oil burners, of that class wherein steam, under pressure, is utilized to atomize and partially oxygenize oil for the purpose of producing a combustible gas, and my object is to produce a burner of the character outlined which can be used in cooking stoves or in heating stoves or furnaces.

A further object is to produce an eflicient burner of this character by which combustion can be regulated and controlled.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be clearly understood, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, is a top plan view of a burner embodying my invention. Fig. 2, is a vertical section on the line IIII of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a horizontal section on the line III-III of Fig. 2. Fig. 4, is a vertical section on the line IVIV of Fig. 2. Fig. 5, is a vertical section on the line VV of Fig. 2. Fig. 6, is a fragmentary side view of the burner.

In the said drawings, 1 is a base plate or shallow pan adapted in practice, to serve as a horizontal partition for the combustion chamber of stove or furnace, from which by preference, the grate has been removed, and said plate or pan is provided centrally with a depressed perforated portion 2, through which air may pass upward to support combustion, as hereinafter explained, and around said depressed portion the pan is provided with an interior wall 3, so that oil discharged into said pan cannot'escape' through the perforated portion thereof.

The depressed portion is provided centrally with an opening 4 and extending adjustably through said opening is a threaded post 5, clamping nuts 6 serving to secure the post at the desired point of adjustment. Screwed upon and supported by the post is a conical spreader 7, provided at its lower j end with a surrounding trough orgutter 8, from which oil may overflow into the pan,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 191 3.

Renewed September 18, 1913. Serial No. 790,571.

and at suitable points the latter is provided with sockets 9 for the reception of the supporting legs 10 of the upper portion of the burner, the same being constructed asfollows: 11 is an inverted hollow frustumshaped receiver open at its lower end and arranged with its axis or longitudinal center in line with the apex of the conical spreader, and said receiver is provided with one or more vertical slots 12, and above said slots igith upwardly-projecting perforated lugs receiver, is one or more steam receptacles 14, each closed at its inner end by an upright rib 15 fitting snugly in slot 12 of the receiver, and provided with a plurality of jet Arranged radially with respect to the orifices 16, and each receptacle is provided at its inner end with a flange 17 fitting against the receiver around the slot 12 thereof into which the rib of such receptacle projects, and the upper and lower ends of said flange are bolted at 18 and 19 respectively to a lug 13 of and to the body ofthe receiver. Each receptacle 14- is divided by a partition 19 into an inner chamber 20 and an outer chamber 21, and said partition is provided with an orifice 22 controlled by an adjustable needle valve 28 extending radially through chamber21 and adjustably mounted in the outer wall of the receptacle. The receptacles when in place, are disposed at uniform distances apart, and are provided with openings 2st in the upper walls of chambers 21, and at opposite sides of said openings with laterally projecting bifurcated lugs 25. Arranged horizontally above the said receptacle or receptacles, is a steam ring 26, provided vertically above each chamber 21, with a depending nipple 27 which fits in the adjacent opening 24:, and said nipples above the receptacles, are enlarged at 28, to provide downwardly-facing shoulders 29, between which and the receptacles, gaskets 30 are fitted to make the joints between the nipples and the receptacles steam-tight, the said nipples having threaded sockets31, to receive the threaded the receiver, and their upper ends projectlng to a considerable height above the re;

ceiver, and through the space inclosed by said ring, and below said ring said generators are provided with outwardly-projecting or step portions 34:, underlying the ring. The top of said step portions are provided with openings 35 receiving nipples 36 depending from the ring, and said nipples are enlarged to provide downwardly facing shoulders 37 whereby to clamp gaskets 38 upon the said tops of the step portions, and projecting from opposite sides of said tops are bifurcated lugs 39 through which bolts 40 extend upward into threadedsockets 41 in the enlargement of said nipples,to clamp the ring andthe generators firmly together,

and for the support of said ring, the generators are mounted upon'the legs 10, hereinbefore described.

The generators are provided vwith partitions 4-2 depending from the inner ends of the tops of the step portions, and inward of said partitions, the generators are provided with alternately arranged oppositely-projecting bafile plates 43 and 44 whereby the interior of the generators, inward of the step portions is converted into tortuous passages which communicate at their lower ends, with the spaces or chambers outward of partitions 42.

At their extreme upper ends the generators are provided centrally with openings 45, and laterally-projecting bifurcated lugs 46,

and arranged above the generators and con-' centrically with respect to the receiver. is a circular water chamber 47 provided with depending nipples 48 fitting in the openings 45, and interposed between the upper ends of the generators and said water chamber are gaskets 49 to establish steam-tight joints between the generators and the water receptacles, bolts 50 extending up through the bifurcated lugs 46, and into sockets 51 in the bottom of the water receptacle, to clamp the same firmly to the generators, and

to control the volume of water passing from suitable controlling valve,-not shown, and.

extending downward into the receiver 11 in vertical alinement with theapex of the conical spreader 7 and said oil supply pipe is enlarged above the water receptacle by the use of a T-coupling Extending into said coupling through the stem thereof, is a steam'pipe 56, communicating at its lower end with the steam ring 26, and depending from the upper end of the steam pipe is a steam nozzle 57 to act as an injector to drive the oil supplied by pipe 54, into the receiver with considerable force.

Assuming the burner shown and described, is in position in a stove or furnace, oil is permitted to flow. through the supply pipe into the base or pan, the oil upon its discharge from the pipe falling upon the spreader and overflowing from the trough or gutter thereof into the pan, or oil may be otherwise supplied to the pan. If the pan is charged with oil from the supply pipe, the latter is closed when the pan contains the required quantity of oil. The oil in the pan is ignited by means of a torch not shown, and in burning highly heats the spreader and the other parts of the burner overlying the pan. \Vhen the temperature of theburner is thus raised sufliciently, oil is permitted to flow through pipe 5%, and at the same time water is supplied through pipe 53 to the water receptacle 47, and from said receptacle, the water passes through the nipples 48 into the generators and travels downwardly therein from baflie plate to bathe plate in a tortuouscourse, and is converted into steam in said generators, the steam passing upwardly from the same through nipples 36 into the steam ring 26, and from the steam ring it passes downward through nipples 27 into chambers 21of the steam receptacles, and thence passes inwardly through the valve-controlled openings 22 into the nozzle chambers 20, and is discharged radially inward therefrom through thejet orifices 16, into the receiver, it being understood that the steam generated in the generators is superheated in its passage from the ring, into the receiver through said orifices 16, and in passing from chambers 21 into chambers 20, its pressure is reduced. As a result of this reduction of pressure and the discharge through a plurality of orifices into the receiver, the burner will operate with but little noise.

The forcible dischargeof the steam into the receiver in numerous jets results in the complete atomization of the oil falling from pipe 54 through the receiver upon the spreader, and such atomized oil, thoroughly mixed with steam, passes out of the receiver and in a downwardly and outwardly direction around the spreader, and then starts upward, being immediately mixed with air which passes upward through the perforated portion of the pan. This mixture of atomized oil and air produces a highly combustible gas which is immediately ignited from the flame of the burning oil in the pan, the flames from the burning gas reach-.

ing upward and completely enveloping that portion of the burner above and surrounding the receiver and following the direction indicated by the featherless arrows on Fig. 2.

The atomization of the oil is made more thorough by the use of the steam pipe 56 connected to the ring at one end, and pro vided with a nozzle at its opposite end for giving an injecting action on the oil, as the forcible downward discharge of steam in the lower end of the oil supply pipe tends to disrupt and spread and therefore atomize the oil in its passagefrom said nozzle to the receiver, and thus renders the action of the jets of steam from orifices 16 more effective than would be the case if the injecting action of the steam was dispensed with.

It will be understood that the amount of oil and water permitted to enter the burner will determine the volume of heat produced. The amount of water permitted to enter the generators may be controlled entirely by the needle valves 52. The pressure of the steam can be regulated by the adjustment of valves 23. The quantity of oil will be regulated by the customary valve in pipe54c, hereinbefore referred to.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced an oil burner embodying the features of advantage enum erated as desirable in the statement of the object of the invention, and while I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that it may be modified in form, proportion, detail construction and organizationwithout departing from the principle of construction as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An oil burner, comprising an apertured base plate, a spreader above the apertured portion of the plate, a downwardly-opening receiver above the spreader, one or more steam generators adjacent to the receiver, one or more steam receptacles to receive steam produced in the generator or generators and each provided with one or more jet orifices to discharge steamradially into the receiver, and an oil supply pipe for discharging oil into the receiver so that it shall fall upon the spreader and in its passage thereto be intercepted by the steam from said jet orifice or orifices.

2. An oil burner, comprising an apertured base plate, a spreader above the apertured portion of the plate, a downwardlyopening receiver above the spreader, one or more steam generators adjacent to the receiver, one or more steam receptacles to receive steam produced in the generator or generators and each provided with one or more et orifices to discharge steam radially into the receiver, an oil supply pipe for discharging oil into the receiver so that it shall fall upon the spreader and in its passage thereto be intercepted by the steam from said jet orifice or orifices, and means for controlling the passage of steam from the generator or generators to the receptacle or receptacles.

3. An oil burner, comprising an apertured base plate, a spreader above the apertured portion of the plate, a downwardlyopening receiver above the spreader, one or more steam generators adjacent to the receiver, one or more steam receptacles to receive steam produced in the generator or generators and each provided with one or more jet orifices to discharge steam radially into the receiver, an oil supply'pipe for discharging oil into the receiver so that it shall fall upon the spreader and in its passage thereto be intercepted by the steam from said jet orifice or orifices, and an adjustable valve in each receptacle for controlling the volume of steam passing from the generator or generators to the said jet orifice or orifices.

a. An oil burner, comprising an apertured base plate, a spreader above the apertured portion of the plate, a downwardlyopening receiver above the spreader, one or more steam generators adjacent to the receiver, one or more steam receptacles to re ceive steam produced in the generator or generators and each provided with one or more jet orifices to discharge steam radially into the receiver, an oil supply pipe for discharging oil into the receiver so that it shall fall upon the spreader and in its passage thereto be intercepted by the steam from said jet orifice or orifices, and a steam sup ply pipe to receive steam from the generator or generators and discharge it into the oil supply pipe toward the discharge end thereof.

5. An oil burner, comprising an apertured base plate, a spreader above the apertured portion of the plate, a downwardlyo-pening receiver above the spreader, one or more steam generators adjacent to the re ceiver, one or more steam receptacles to receive steam produced in the generator or generators and each provided with one or more jet orifices to discharge steam radially into the receiver, an oil supply pipe for discharging oil into the receiver so that it shall fall upon the spreader and in its passage thereto be intercepted by the steam from said jet orifice or orifices, means for controlling the passage of steam from the generator or generators to the receptacle or receptacles, and a steam supply pipe to receive steam from the generator or generators and discharge it into the oil supply pipe toward the discharge end thereofi 6. An oil burner, comprising an apertured base plate, a spreader above the apertured portion of the plate, a downwardlyopening receiver above the spreader, one or more steam generators adjacent to the receiver, one or more steam receptacles to receive steam produced in' the generator or generators and each provided with one or more jet orifices to discharge steam radially into the receiver, a steam ring connected to the generator or generators and to said steam receptacle or receptacles to conduct steam from the former to the latter, and an oil supply pipe for discharging oil into the receiver so that it shall fall upon the spreader and in its oassage thereto be intercepted by the steam from said jet orifice or orifices.

7. An oil burner, comprising an apertured base plate, a spreader above the apertured portion of the plate, a downwardly-opening receiver above the spreader, one or more steam generators adjacent to the receiver, one or more steam receptacles to receive steam produced in the generator or generators and each provided with one or more jet orifices to discharge steam radially into the receiver, a water receptacle resting upon and communicating with the generator or generators, a valve or valves controlling the passage of water from said receptacle into said generator or generators, and an oil supply pipe for discharging oil into the receiver so that it shall fall upon the spreader and in its passage thereto be intercepted by the steam from said jet orifice or orifices.

S. An oil burner, comprising an apertured plate, a spreader supported above the plate, a downwardly-opening receiver above the spreader, a plurality of steam generators arranged around the receiver and above the plate, a circular water receptacle resting upon and communicating with the upper ends of said generators, valves controlling the passage of water from the receptacle into the generators, a plurality of radially arranged steam receptacles arranged around the receiver and between adjacent generators and adapted to discharge jets of steam radi ally into the receiver, valves controlling the passage of steam through said steam receptacles, a steam ring above said receptacles and communicating therewith and with the generators to receive steam from the latter and discharge it into the former outward of the valves thereof, and an oil supply pipe extending down through the space inclosed by the water receptacle and steam ring and into the upper end of the said receiver.

9. An oil burner, comprising an apertured plate, a spreader supported above the plate, a downwardly-opening receiver above the spreader, a plurality of steam generators arranged around the receiver and above the plate, a circular water receptacle resting upon and communicating with the upper ends of said generators, valves controlling the passage of water fromthe receptacle into the generators, a plurality of radially arranged steam receptacles arranged around the receiver and between adjacent generators and adapted to discharge jets of steam radially into the receiver, valves controlling the passage of steam through said steam receptacles, a steam ring above said receptacles and communicating therewith and with the generators to receive steam from the latter and discharge it into the former outward of the valves thereof, an oil supply pipe eX- tending down through the space inclosed by the water receptacle and steam ring and into the upper end of the said receiver, and a pipe extending upward from the steam ring into the oil supply pipe and provided with a nozzle extending downward in the supply pipe, toward the receiver.

10. In an oil burner, an oil feed and a steam chamber with one or more communicating passages therebetween, a steam generator provided witha step portion supporting said steam chamber and divided into two compartments communicating at the lower end of the step portion, a discharge opening from one of said compartments into the steam chamber, and the other compartment having a receiving opening and provided with a plurality of battle plates forming a tortuous passage;

11. A steam receptacle for oil burners, provided with a perforated partition dividing it into two chambers, and provided at the inner end of one chamber with one or more jet orifices, and an adjustable valve extending through the outer wall of the other chamber and into the perforation of said partition to control the passage of steam therethrough from the outer chamber into the inner chamber; said receptacle'also having a receiving opening communicating with its outer chamber.

12. In an oil burner, a downwardly-opening receiver provided with one or more vertical slots and one or more upwardly-project-ing lugs, and a corresponding number of steam receptacles arranged radially of said receiver, and each provided with an orificed rib projecting into one of the slots of the receiver, and with a flange surrounding the said slots and bearing against the receiver, bolts extending through the flange of each receptacle, certain of the bolts extending into the receiver, and others through the upwardly-projecting lugs thereof, and a conical spreader arranged vertically under the receiver and provided with a surrounding trough or gutter.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

RUSSELL L. DAILEY.

\Vitnesses FRANK R. GLOXE, G. Y. THoRrE,

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